28 Things That Will Definitely Happen To You After Moving To Winnipeg
Somehow, you've ended up in Winnipeg. Chances are you don't know much about the city other than that it's somewhere between Saskatchewan and Ontario and we grow a lot of wheat (and really great hockey players) here.
Winnipeggers are tough but friendly. We're used to harsh winters and hot summers. We grew up with Neil Young and The Guess Who. And we come with our own unique set of traditions and quirks that you'll be forced to learn soon enough (or else we'll ship you off to Brandon). As a Winnipegger since birth, I'm here to warn you of a few things that'll definitely happen to you once you move to Winnipeg— things they tend to leave out of the travel guides.
You will, at some point, scrape your windshield with a credit card.
Hey, it works way better than any ice scraper from Canadian Tire.
You’ll hardly be fazed by minus thirty temperatures.
*Shrugs* Could be minus forty (and it definitely has been).
You will slip and fall while crossing Portage Ave during the lunch rush.
Any fashion sense and inner pride will go out the window, once winter comes. Sorels and sore butts, it is.
Choosing a winter parka will become VERY important.
“Does this bulky, down-filled, floor length parka make me look fat?"
You’ll become a Jets fan.
You always swore you’d stay true to your hometown… but the atmosphere at the MTS Centre is seriously electric, especially when everyone’s yelling ‘TRUE NORTH’ during the national anthem.
You’ll get confused by the one-way directions on Donald-Garry-Fort-Smith streets.
“Oh, so that’s why everyone was honking".
You’ll realize everyone here, is from here.
And they’ll be wondering why you moved here.
Someone you know will have a social.
Wedding, birthday, fundraiser, whatever. They WILL rent out a community club gymnasium and there WILL be a sandwich spread (and you WILL be meat shouldered).
Your already late Winnipeg Transit bus, will just decide not to show up.
You’ll go to Countryfest in Dauphin.
You’ll have to wear a parka under your Halloween costume.
*Sigh* Not-so-sexy nurse, after all.
When out on Osborne, you will run into people you don’t want to see.
You’ll eat a Jeanne’s Bakery log cake at somebody’s birthday party.
You will spend countless nights after the club at A Little Pizza Heaven.
You’ll go to a Bombers' game solely for the Rum Hut.
And maybe make a few beer snakes while you’re there.
You’ll go to a Goldeyes' game for the Angry Fish pilsner.
You don’t even understand the rules of baseball.
Dancing Gabe will become a living legend to you.
At first, you think he's just a middle-aged man who loves to high-five and dance ridiculously at sports games... then you realize that he's actually a local hero.
You’ll take the typical Winnipegger photos.
Your first goog of the season at BDI, the girls' group photo before a Commerce social, the sneaky bathing suit selfie at Thermea...
Your idea of a weekend getaway will be to Fargo, North Dakota.
You won’t have a rivalry with the other major city in your province.
You’ll never let the world forget that we produced Nia Vardalos.
Everybody you know plays/played hockey.
And behind them is a hockey mom who once made the ref cry.